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What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but
from the assumptions on which he habitually acts. ~ George
Bernard Shaw

selected by Kalki

2005

Teachers are those who use themselves as bridges, over which
they invite their students to cross; then having facilitated their
crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of
their own. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis (born 18 February
1883)

selected by Kalki

2006

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You
don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.
No record of it needs to be kept and you don't need someone to
share it with or tell it to. When that happens — that letting go —
you let go because you can. ~ Toni Morrison (born 18 February 1931)

My prayer is not the whimpering of a beggar nor a confession of
love. Nor is it the petty reckoning of a small tradesman: Give me
and I shall give you. My prayer is the report of a soldier to his
general: This is what I did today, this is how I fought to save the
entire battle in my own sector, these are the obstacles I
encountered, this is how I plan to fight tomorrow. ~ Nikos
Kazantzakis

proposed by Kalki

2009

The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond
the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love. ~ Nikos
Kazantzakis

proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small
people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you,
too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
was published for the first time)

proposed by user Sir John Alexander Macdonald

0 Kalki 19:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC) 2 Kalki 23:38, 17
February 2006 (UTC) I would rank this higher with a stronger date
tie-in, but I don't believe it's actually from Huckleberry
Finn I had suspected this wasn't Twain, but was pretty
certain that it wasn't from Huckleberry Finn; as JeffQ's
research below indicates there is no reason to accept Twain as the
author of this.

0 Jeff Q (talk) 04:51, 29 April 2006 (UTC), unless we can
find the correct source. Neither Wikisource nor Project Gutenberg,
both of which include Huckleberry Finn, appear to have any
Twain work with both the words "belittle" and "ambitions", so we
can't even confirm Twain said it, let alone the appropriateness of
this date.

0 Zarbon 22:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

You forgot the first rule of the fanatic: when you become
obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy. ~ Michael
O'Hare as "Jeffrey Sinclair", Babylon 5 episode "Infection" (first
aired 18 February 1994)

2 Jeff Q (talk) 04:51, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

2 Kalki 19:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

2 InvisibleSun 11:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

3 because this is true. Many times opponents have become the
very thing they hate. I like this quote. Zarbon 22:28, 22 April
2008 (UTC)

The highest point a man can obtain is not Knowledge, or Virtue,
or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic
and more despairing: Sacred Awe! ~ Nikos Kazantzakis

3 Kalki 19:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

3 InvisibleSun 11:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 22:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. ~ Nikos
Kazantzakis OR perhaps a variant translation of this "I expect
nothing. I fear no one. I am free."

3 Kalki 19:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

3 InvisibleSun 11:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 22:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Where are we going? Do not ask! Ascend, descend. There is no
beginning and no end. Only this present moment exists, full of
bitterness, full of sweetness, and I rejoice in it all. ~ Nikos
Kazantzakis

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